138 Months of Love

 

This past Sunday was our monthiversary! We celebrated 138 months of marriage, and as always, we tried to do something special to honor the day.

            We started the day with a deacon meeting – which might not be the most romantic way to celebrate a monthiversary, but it was a reminder to us of how much we really love serving together at church! (I actually really enjoy going to deacon meetings, so it was not a bad way to start the day at all, in my opinion.)

            I am speaking at our church throughout this summer, so I left the meeting a little early to get prepped for the service. Not-so-fun fact: I had a nightmare about this message as I slept the night before. I’ve never had a nightmare about speaking before, so that was new, and it rattled me! I was really thankful for Ryan and some friends at church who prayed extra for me, because it was rough in my head! I actually felt fairly ill for the majority of the message, and then suddenly, about ¾ the way through, I felt fine! I’ve had that happen to me before, and it’s always such a relief to not feel sick!

            After church, Ryan and I had to go pick up Miss Lexi Grae, who had been boarded for the weekend while we were away photographing the wedding. She was so super excited to see us and to come home! 😊 She was also exhausted from her fun weekend, so she conked out while we had lunch!

            We spent the afternoon resting after a super busy weekend. We watched TV, napped, I read and did some scrapbooking, we took a walk, and then we decided to have our adventure for the day.

            A few weeks ago, we got an ice cream maker for FOUR DOLLARS at a thrift store. We’ve been wanting to try out a recipe in it and just haven’t had time. I’ve been doing all kinds of research, trying to find some healthier ice cream options.

            We tried one.

            We’ll skip straight to the verdict.

            Yeah. So sad. It was AWFUL. Both of us hated it entirely, and it was so nasty, it was just funny.

            Thankfully it was just a small batch, and we were able to focus on the fun we had trying and not the disaster of the result. (Also, happily, the maker works splendidly. It was just the recipe that was a fail.)

            The evening ended with a pretty sunset over the lake and good conversation from our hearts. Oh! And we made bread, too. That went much better than the ice cream.

            It wasn’t an extravagant monthiversary, but it was a good one. No one I’d rather have adventures (and fails!) with than Ryan. He makes it all fun!